infatuated
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Infatuate \In*fat"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.]
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1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the
intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment.
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The judgment of God will be very visible in
infatuating a people . . . ripe and prepared for
destruction. --Clarendon.
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2. To inspire with a foolish and extravagant passion; as, to
be infatuated with gaming.
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The people are . . . infatuated with the notion.
--Addison.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "infatuated":
apish, asinine, at fever pitch, batty, becharmed, befooled,
beguiled, besotted, bewitched, brainless, buffoonish, captivated,
charmed, cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, delirious,
dizzy, doting, dotty, dumb, easily taken in, easy of belief,
enamored, enchanted, enraptured, enthused, enthusiastic,
enthusiastic about, fanatical, fascinated, fatuitous, fatuous,
febrile, feverish, fixated, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish,
frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuddled, full of enthusiasm, furious,
futile, gaga, glowing, goofy, gripped, gulled, gung-ho,
heartsmitten, hectic, held, hung-up, hypnotized, hysteric, idiotic,
imbecile, inane, inclined to believe, inept, infatuate,
infatuated with, insane, keen on, kooky, loony, mad, maudlin,
mesmerized, monomaniac, monomaniacal, moronic, nutty, obsessed,
overanxious, overconfiding, overcredulous, overdesirous, overeager,
overenthusiastic, overtrustful, overtrusting, overzealous,
perfervid, possessed, preoccupied, prepossessed, sappy, screwy,
senseless, sentimental, silly, smitten, spellbound, stupid,
superstitious, taken with, thoughtless, trustful, trusting,
ultrazealous, uncritical, undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting,
unsuspicious, wacky, wet, wild, witless
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